The latest No on 522 cash infusion, another $3.78 million channeled through the Grocery Manufacturers Association, brings to $21.1 million the war chest that food and agribusiness giants have raised to defeat Washington’s Initiative 522, which would require labeling of genetically modified foods. A military phrase, “shock and Awe,” best describes the No on […]
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Santorum stopped short of saying Cruz was the face of the Republican party — although Cruz was one of the most notable names involved in this month’s government shutdown and the fight to defund the Affordable Care Act.
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A grudging admiration for Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn emerges from attending Seattle’s many mayoral forums, even if getting to and from debates involves navigating through congestion caused by Hizzoner’s “calming” and “road diet” policies on the city’s streets. McGinn is a fighting Irishman. He is not a soft-focus politician. He presses ahead, undaunted by discouraging […]
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The 2012 campaign for gay marriage in Washington carried an unmistakable component of penance. Nabobs of the gay and lesbian movement arrived at this corner of the “Left Coast” to acclaim the step-by-step strategy that gay state Sen. Ed Murray had adopted to pass marriage equality in the Legislature. There was Evan Wolfson, executive director […]
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Ex-Vice President Al Gore delivered a sharp environmental challenge to President Obama on Thursday night, telling a liberal audience in Washington, D.C., that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is “an atrocity” that the president must reject. The Obama administration faces two key decisions on whether to curb expansion of the fossil fuel economy: The proposed […]
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